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from a pocket in his shirt. From the pouch he took a
small ivory box, opened it, and lifted out an amazing
little animal of carved ivory, displaying the small yet
perfect image of a great mammoth which lived on this
continent thousands of years ago.

“This is the animal for which I have been searching

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all these years.” Quahl held the image out to his
father.

The chief examined the grotesque little figure, its
long curved tusks, its thick shapeless legs and un-
wieldy body; and he frowned as he noted the crea-
ture’s trunk and pointed to it with a grunt of astonish-
ment.

“This animal has two tails. Is it a dream animal?”
he demanded sternly, while the others crowded
around him, staring with awe at the little ivory object
he held in his hand. None of them could believe such

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